Mother Orangutan and Her Baby Rescued from Burned Land in Sampit
Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Teams from the Orangutan Foundation International and Central Kalimantan’s conservation agency rescued the pair in Sampit.
- The orangutans were named Raya, a 20-year-old mother, and Rayu, her one-year-old baby.
A mother orangutan and her one-year-old baby have been rescued in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, after becoming trapped in a tree surrounded by land burned by fire.
The Orangutan Foundation International and the Central Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency quickly dispatched teams to evacuate them.
The rescuers named the mother Raya. She is 20 years old. Her baby, named Rayu, is one year old.
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Originally published by CNN Indonesia in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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